I would LOVE to be able to get that tone!!! It seems that the tone of "Clarence" has been more "consistent" than it was back during Marty's MCA days of "chasing hits", doesn't it? Some might disagree but I think that it sounds gorgeous the way it is now. And I've said this on the TDPRI but I'll say it again: Marty has honored Susie's wishes to "honor" that guitar and he's also not let it sit lonely somewhere in a case with nobody playing it - he proudly takes that guitar with him everywhere he goes (even MERLEFEST that's held every year in Wilkesboro, NC. I went there one year with some friends and stayed for three days and got to see a LOT of artists - Marty included. I even have a CD of one of the sets that Marty played during that festival.